Ridas: "Do you still think you were wrong in the Poes Law debate or do you have already constructed your alternative reality of events, like you did with the drunk / rape debate?"
You asked, I'll answer:
Poe's Law came about as a commentary on how some views are so extreme that satire of those views can be indistinguishable from the "real thing" unless there is blatant humor tipping off the reader. I'm pretty sure everyone agrees on this.
However, what I noticed is that people often summon "Poe's Law" in cases where the satire is obvious, where the humor IS blatant and where you'd have to be pretty ignorant to not see it as such. Honestly, I think this is just over-eagerness on their part to portray SJWs as even more ridiculous than they actually are. Regardless, I figured since, in those situations, the misunderstanding is NOT due to the extremism of the views being mocked but rather by the lack of critical thinking skills of those unable to recognize obvious satire, that these should not count as cases of Poe's Law at work (since, after all, Poe's Law is SUPPOSED to be about extremism and not ignorance). However, Hodj correctly pointed out that the definitions of Poe's Law do not make exceptions for ignorance on the part of those who are confused, that all they say is that if SOMEONE mistakes satire for the real thing, it's Poe's Law (even if he's a brain dead moron who couldn't tell a Garfield comic from a peer-reviewed scientific study). Apparently, no matter how blatant the humor is, no matter how clear the author's intentions are, if someone doesn't see it then it's Poe's Law.
So, like I said, I was wrong. Poe's Law apparently includes cases where extremism is legitimately indistinguishable from satire, as well as cases where people are simply too stupid to recognize obvious satire as obvious satire. I do believe this distinction is important, as the former is indicative of how extreme some views are and the latter is indicative of how ignorant some people (usually anti-SJWs) are, but I'm OK with lumping all of that together if it makes Rerolled happy. So yeah, when Rerolled passes around an obvious joke article while chanting "Poe's Law! Poe's Law!", they may think they are highlighting how extreme SJWs are, but they're actually highlighting their own lack of critical thinking ability.
Does that clear things up for you?
Incidentally, I never "constructed an alternative reality of events" in the drunk rape discussion. This has been proven, objectively, with undeniable facts. Thanks for playing, though.